TAKE AWAY
A leading light in avant-garde women's fashion is Jessica Trosman, whose Palermo outlet offers her out-of-season lines at discounted prices (54-11-4833-3058; www.trosman.com; $50–$200). Materia Urbana sells jewelry, artwork, and decorative objects from dozens of designers (54-11-4361-5265; www.materiaurbana.com; prices, $20–$100). Sixth-generation silversmith Juan Carlos Pallarols produces handworked goblets, candlesticks, and dozens of other pieces in his San Telmo forge (54-11-4361-7360; pallarols.com.ar; $50–$500).

SPLURGE
Spring for tickets to an opera, a ballet, or a concert at the sumptuous Teatro Colón (54-11-4378-7100; www.teatrocolon.org.ar; box seats, $75).

OUT OF TOWN
The landscaped grounds and magnificent interiors of the eighteenth-century ranch Estancia Santa Rita are a 90-minute drive southwest of Buenos Aires. A day's visit includes horseback riding, an all-you-can-eat barbecue, and five o'clock tea (54-2227-495026; www.santa-rita.com.ar; $42).

Sip a cortado (coffee with milk and heaps of sugar) in the faded splendor of the Café Tortoni (www.cafetortoni.com.ar). Spend a day sailing the Río de la Plata in a 32-foot yacht (www.smileonsea.com; $100 for up to five people).